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yes.
Apparently you didn't read the first step I gave you where is to mark all of the data drives Inactive, so when you ran the Repairs with XP drive unplugged it has now written the System boot files to F Games partition.
No partitions other than an OS partition should be marked Active. The reason for this has long been stated and is dealt with here every day: When any other partition is marked Active it can derail the System boot files onto itself during install, reinstall or repairs.
So mark all partitions except Win7 Inactive, boot the Win7 installer to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times until Win7 starts it's partition holds the System Active flags.
If this fails, unplug all other hD's except Win7 HD to repeat the repairs.
Can you see that by following your advice contradicting me that he has wound up with the System boot files on his F: Games HD?
The only functional purpose for the Active flag is to signal an OS is installed there, or the System boot files are intended to be written there.
This whole thread is about formatting a drive. Did you get that done ?